St Peter's Church, Conisbrough

[2] Historian David Hey argues that it was a minster church, forming the centre of a large, early parish, covering all or much of the 11th-century Fee of Conisbrough.

[3] From this early period survives much of the stonework of the tower and nave, including some windows, most of which were later blocked.

Part of a 10th-century cross shaft has been discovered, and the church is recorded in the Domesday Book as having a single priest.

[4] Rita Wood argues that the tomb is for William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey, who died in 1148, as it depicts battles and themes from The Song of Roland.

The church was next remodelled in the 14th century, from which time the present south aisle dates.